#4E3A91#4E3A91

#4E3A91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.137 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3A91
RGB	rgb(78, 58, 145)
HSL	hsl(254, 43%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 60%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 60%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 31.20, -45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 55.02, 304.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.0464 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.137 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7643, 6.6898, 27.5594)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.04

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3A91 #7D913A

analogous

#3A5291 #4E3A91 #7A3A91

triadic

#4E3A91 #914E3A #3A914E

tetradic

#4E3A91 #913A52 #7D913A #3A917A

square

#4E3A91 #913A52 #7D913A #3A917A

split-complementary

#4E3A91 #917A3A #52913A

monochromatic

#1F173A #362965 #4E3A91 #684FB9 #8D7BCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#4E3A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E3A91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3A91

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3A91	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00478F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 58, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.137 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8571b2',
    500: '#4e3a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3a91;
$custom-light: #8571b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.793,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41902,
    "c": 0.13739,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3A91

secondary

#A5B473

accent

#D355B6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3A91

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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